What's up everybody?

Welcome into the Next Pats podcast.

I'm Phil Perry.

Tremendous episode lined up for you here today.

We have our good friend from ESPN, Lewis Riddick, back here on the next Pats podcast,

to talk about May and what he saw on Sunday and what he expects moving forward.

Absolutely love having Lewis on the podcast.

Not only is he one of the best media guys around, but you get that player perspective from Lewis.

You also get that front office perspective from Lewis.

So we have a great chat lined up with Lewis.

We will get to that in just a moment.

But first, because you deserve it, people.

You deserve it.

We're going 10 reasons to feel optimistic about the Patriots future moving forward

after Drake May's first professional start.

It's been a long haul to get to this point.

I feel, yes, we had blips where we felt encouraged by what we saw from Mack Jones

and his ability even before the draft and how that might mesh with the Patriots.

And it did, briefly, but not for long.

It's been a while since you had this level of hope.

And you should tap into that. You should embrace that.

It's okay to feel that way, even after a 20-point loss. So here are your 10 reasons for

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